
Issue No 68		25 August 2000

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Sydney Hotel Stoppages Throughout Next Week

By Andrew Casey

Hotel Union members will hold rolling stoppages in major Sydney hotels every day next week to back their campaign for an Olympics Bonus.

"Sydney Hotels are obviously feeling the pressure from the persistent campaign by Hotel Union members demanding an Olympic Bonus," Mark Boyd, the Hotel Union Assistant Secretary said today.

"When the Hotel Union campaign started the Australian Hotels Association (AHA) stridently opposed an Olympic Bonus.

"Now the AHA is advising the hospitality industry to pay - but an Olympic Bonus of no more than $2 an hour.

"Hotel Union members have already won Olympic Bonus victories of up to $550.

"The Hotel Union - the Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union (LHMU) - has set the benchmark for Olympic Bonus deals.

"Hotel managements show a lack of understanding of their staff if they think $2 an hour is an acceptable Olympics Bonus deal.

"Even the Le Meridien Hotel has accepted the benchmark our members have created. The Le Meridien - with a non-union enterprise agreement - has an active anti-union management strategy, but they have accepted the Hotel Union benchmark won recently in negotiations with the Starwood Hotel group."

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Issue 68 contents

Interview: New Unionist
Britain's Trade Union Congress secretary John Monks on life under Blair and why the future of unionism could well rest in Europe.

History: The Victims of Whiggery
George Loveless, the leader of the rural workers who became the Tolpuddle Martyrs, recorded his ideals and experiences in a pamphlet that brings his story to life.

Economics: The Final Station
Corporatisation was first introduced into Australia by the former Greiner Coalition government. What is 'corporatisation' and who should we hold to account under its prescriptions?

International: Massive Union Win in American Telecom
The Communications Workers of America (CWA) announced on Thursday a settlement with Verizon Communications ending a fifteen day strike by 87,000 telephone workers from Maine to Virginia.

Unions: A Vital Community Service
What keeps the engine of the Australian economy running? Manufacturing productivity, the stock market, exports? Try child care.

Satire: Putin copies Clinton: dead seamen stains reputation
MOSCOW, Tuesday: Russian naval authorities today faced staunch criticism, and the anger of a nation gripped by tragedy, as they conceded that all 118 Russian submariners trapped in the nuclear submarine, the Kursk, had died.

Review: Blow Up The Pokies
Whether it arouses public debate about Gambling is best left to the public but Peter Zangarri thinks Tim Freedman is on a winner with the Whitlam's latest CD.

» Public Sector Workers Win $1.50 An Hour Olympic Allowance

» Olympic Vendors Cream Boss

» Child Care Workers Pick Up 10% Pay rise

» Boston Bags Bonus While Teachers Wait on Back-Pay

» Super Saga

» Homecare Workers Hit Streets

» CPSU Logs On Internet Providers

» 1 Million Reasons to Belong to a Union

» City Rail Security Guards Win Olympic Bonus

» Making a Difference in ICANN Elections

» Sydney Hotel Stoppages Throughout Next Week

» Scientists Protest IT Outsourcing

» Dealing With Workplace Deaths